The 9th annual Black Box International Theatre and Dance Festival will be held from May 31 to June 6, 2015, in Plovdiv. The seven-day festival features 16 international and Bulgarian works in the fields of theatre and contemporary dance, as well as concerts and dance seminars. The festival’s partners include the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture, Municipality of Plovdiv, Embassy of Israel, U.S. Embassy, Embassy of Belgium, Austrian Embassy, Italian Cultural Institute, Polish Institute, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Boris Hristov Cultural Centre, Plovdiv Drama Theatre, Trakart Cultural Centre, and The Ancient Plovdiv Municipal Institute.
2015 PROGRAM

May 31 (Sunday) 
Earth (dance solo) and Tales in Black and White (video Installation)
Andrea Hackl – Austria
Trakart Cultural Centre in the Archeological Underpass, 5 pm.

May 31 (Sunday)
OOups – Jordi L. Vidal Company – Belgium
Open Stage – Knyaz Aleksandar I Str, 5.30 pm

Official Opening
May 31 (Sunday)
How I Managed Not to Flatten My Husband 
Les Gens du Quai Company, France
Boris Hristov Cultural Centre, 7 p.m.

June 1 (Monday)
Frédéric Tari – World Wide Violin
with François Lopez
Trakart Cultural Centre in the Archeological Underpass, 7 pm.

June 2 (Tuesday)
Contemporary Dance Program
Chamber Hall – Plovdiv Drama Theatre

7 p.m.
Ivonice, Untitled & The secret of life is to fall seven times & get up eight
iMEE Dance Company – USA
MORGAN and FREEMAN - Ferenc Fehér – Hungary

9 p.m.
Birds Never Sleep 
PTAH Theatre – Hungary 
June 3 (Wednesday)
 Why I Killed My Mother
Dor Zweigenbom – Israel
Chamber Hall – Plovdiv Drama Theatre, 7 p.m.

June 4 (Thursday)
Contemporary Dance Program
Chamber Hall – Plovdiv Drama Theatre

7 p.m.
Ivonice, Untitled & The secret of life is to fall seven times & get up eight 
iMEE Dance Company – USA 
The Perfect World- Solo by Bartech Woszczynski, Poland
Slipstream – Mihaela Griveva – Bulgaria/Ireland 

9 p.m.
Program – Plovdiv in Focus
So Close – Duende Dance Studio – Bulgaria
Apathy – Denitsa Gerginkova/ Pantarey Studio – Bulgaria
Loneliness – Boryana Tangulova – Bulgaria

June 5 (Friday)
Program – Plovdiv in Focus
Escurial – Theatre Hand – Bulgaria
Hand Theatre Hall, 7.30 p.m.

June 5 (Friday)
Naveneva
Naturalis Labor Company – Italy
Chamber Hall – Plovdiv Drama Theatre, 7 p.m.

Official Closing
June 6 (Saturday)
Other Side by Dejan Dukovski
Lydia Lithos Dance Theatre – Greece
Chamber Hall – Plovdiv Drama Theatre, 7 p.m.